Civic Storytelling
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Writing and research

The ideas on this site were first written down in 2007 and 2008. New articles on civic storytelling in schools are in progress.

Published

YearWork
2008School-Based Community Television. Master’s thesis, Wayne State University. Cited in Wikipedia’s article on public-access television.
2007“Community Voices,” a six-part series in School Video News on how students can use videotaped interviews to create a shared community identity.
2012Food Stories: Building a Sustainable Food Culture. A one-week flipped seminar in video storytelling about food security.

In progress

The School as Local Storyteller. A reflective essay on fifteen years of school-based community television, and what still applies after cable.

A Michigan op-ed on why schools should teach students to tell their community’s stories.

Working titles. Replace each with its published title and link as it appears, and remove this section if you prefer not to list work in progress.

Talks

YearTitleWhere
2013Video Storytelling in Low-Income School DistrictsUnderstanding the Impact of Poverty on Education, Wayne State University
2008Eight panel discussions on technology in K–12 education, streamed live (producer and moderator)MACUL, Grand Rapids
2007Developing Strategic Partnerships through Student Produced TelevisionMACUL, Detroit
1998Using Community Television to Level the Playing FieldMichigan Conference on Women and Disabilities, Detroit
1998School-Based Community TelevisionAlliance for Community Media, Michigan Chapter
1998Student Produced Community NewsMichigan Association of Broadcasters, Lansing
1996Community Television as Interdisciplinary Case ModelConference for Integrative Studies, Eastern Michigan University